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American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.

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Thomas Babington Macaulay
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Category: Failure

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. By the age of 9 or 10 I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.
  • 2. I also find it interesting that a lot of people in their 30s are not married and don't have kids. There are a lot of people in this age bracket that are out there dating and trying to find love. And I never thought that at my age I would be.
  • 3. From the age of fifteen dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion I cannot enter into the idea of any other sort of religion religion as a mere sentiment is to me a dream and a mockery.

2 Amazing

  • 1. I was interested in transcendence from a very early age. I was interested in what was over there what was behind life. So when I had my first communion I was very disappointed. I had expected something amazing and surprising and spiritual. Instead all I got was a bicycle. That wasn't what I was after at all.
  • 2. Our fears are an amazing gift of the imagination… a way of glimpsing what might be the future when there's still time to influence how that future will play out.
  • 3. I spend a good portion of my dinner-party conversation defending America because no matter what the political agenda it's still a fantastic amazing place.

3 Anger

  • 1. All through life I've harbored anger rather than expressed it at the moment.
  • 2. My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes cry rant and rave and at the sound of the bell simmer down and go about business as usual.
  • 3. The American people are smart. They've gotten sick of the predictable hyperpartisan talking points and canned anger.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. I did that Dior Couture 60th anniversary show in July. It took so long to get ready I think I would have rather been watching.
  • 2. My last trip to New Orleans was for the fifth anniversary of Katrina and I had the awesome opportunity to bring my family down. We all worked on a house together and met some of the families.
  • 3. As the third anniversary of the September 11th attacks draws near we must ensure our nation is prepared to handle the continued threat of violence and terrorism on our country.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Painting sculpture and architecture are finished but the art habit continues.
  • 2. It is not the beauty of a building you should look at its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.
  • 3. Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?
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